Nickel alarm-clock.



E. E. STOCKTON.

' NICKEL ALARM OLOGK. APPLICATION FILED 313.19, 1909.

' Patented 0611.5,1909.

UNITED STATES ANT QFFTCE.

ELMER E. STOCKTON, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE E. INGRAHAM00., OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

NICKEL ALARM-CLOCK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER E. STOCKTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Nickel Alarm-Clocks; and Ido hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, and the numerals of reference marked thereon, tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1 a view in front elevation of one form which a clock constructedin accordance with my invention may assume. Fig. 2 a view thereof partlyin plan and partly in section. Fig. 8 a broken sectional view of one ofthe modified forms which my invention may assume, this modificationshowing the location of the integral soundhole flange of the case uponthe rear edge of the case-body or shell.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of nickel alarmclocks having large, flat, concentrically arranged bells located withintheir cases, the object being to produce a simple, effective andreliable clock, easy and cheap to pack for shipment, not liable to getout of order, and presenting a novel and workmanlike appearance.

lVith these ends in view my invention consists in a nickel-alarm clockhaving certain details of construction and combinations of parts as willbe hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown, I employ a large, flat,concentrically arranged bell 2 secured by one or more screws 8 to adust-guard 4 located within the body or shell 5 of the clock-case, thebell and guard beingconstructed and supported substantially as shown anddescribed in my pending application, Serial No. 473,739 filed January22, 1909. Directly in front of, and concentric with the bell 2, I locateaf shallow, sheet metal dial-cup G containing a dial 7, the flange ofthe cup forming a mat for the support of a glass 8 secured in place, asshown, by small clips 9 applied to the periphery of the said mat andturned over the edge of the The cup 6 is smaller in diameter tha thebell 2 and the hell 2 is smaller in diameter than the body 5 of thecase, whereby there is formed at the front of the case an annularSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 19, 1909.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

Serial No. 478,851.

sound-chamber 10 receiving the sound of the bell and transmitting thesame forward through a circular series of sound-holes 11 located in aflange 12 formed integral with,

and turned inward from the forward edge of the body or shell 5 so as tostand in a plane at a right angle to the axis of the case; or, in otherwords, in a plane parallel with the plane of the bell 2 and dial 7. Theextreme edge of the flange is bent inward as at 13 to bear upon theglass 8 and assist in holding it in place. Under this construction,ample provision is made for letting the sound of the bell out of thecase, and the entrance of dust and dirt into the case through the soundholes is minimized, as dust and dirt are far less liable to enterthrough the small holes 11 in the flange 12 than through peripheralsound holes as shown in Patent No. 852,859 of May 7th, 1907, and No.878,251 of Feb ruary 4, 1908, granted to me conjointly with Arthur H.Porter.

In the modified construction shown by Fig. 8 of the drawings, 1 locate aconcentrically arranged bell 14 at the rear of the case-body or shell 15between a dust-guard l6 and a cup-like case-back 17, and therefore tothe rear of the clock movement which is not shown, but understood to bein front of the dust-guard 16. The bell 14 and case-back 17 are enoughsmaller than the case-body 15 to form an annular sound chamber 18 fromwhich the sound of the bell passes rearward through a concentric seriesof soundholes 19 formed in a flange 20 made integral with the rear endof the case-body l5 and bent inward at a right angle thereto, and turnedforward into the cup-like case-back 17 so as to assist in holding thesame in place.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the dust-guard 4 is locatedin front of the clock-movement 21 which it protects by preventing theaccess of any dust thereunto.

I claim 1. In a nickel-alarm clock, the combina tion with a sheet-metalcase-body or shell having one of its edges turned inward at a rightangle to form an integral sound-hole flange which is perforated, of aconcentrically arranged bell located within the said case-body or shelladjacent to the said flange through the perforations of which the soundof the bell passes out of the clock.

2. In a nickel-alarm clock, the combination with a sheet-metal case-bodyor shell having its front edge turned inward ata right angle to form anintegral sound-hole flange which is perforated, of a concentricallyarranged bell located within the said case-body or shell near theforward end thereof in position to have the sound escape through thesaid perforations in the soundhole flange.

3. In a nickel alarin clock the combination with a sheet-metal case-bodyor shell having its front edge turned inward at a right angle to form anintegral sound hole flange and provided with perforations, of adust-guard located within the said shell a concentrically arranged bellsecured to the said dust-guard, and a dial located between the said belland flange, the shell, bell and dial being adapted in diameter for theforination of the annular sound-chamber from which the sound passesforward through the perforations in the sound-hole flange.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

EBLOCKTON Witnesses Crins'rnn F. ixenanmi,

P. M. l lLCOX.

